The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-12-31
ALL OVER THE STATE.
eleaninss from our Maryland Exchanges.

The session of the Legislature for 1888 COM
mences Wednesday, January 4th.
The Beair National Bank has line of de-
posts amounting to nearly $270,000.
Much of the -four turned out by Reckord's
roller mill at Belair is being shipped to Rio.
The mother Of Col. WIN. Young, of Belair,
died in Baltimore few days ago, aged 81 years.
"A brood mare valued at 81, 900, died at the
Romney Stock Farm, Hartford county, last week.
There were 639,745 cigars manufactured in
Frederick and Carroll counties during November.
The town of Snow Hill, Worcester county, has
adopted the .electric light, which is giving much
satisfaction.
ford have formed law partnership and have
opened an Office in Belair.
Mr.. Benjamin Preston has sold his 40-acre
farm, near Van Bibber Station, Hartford county,
to Mr.. Thos. ]. Sullivan for $4,000.
1t is said that the Granger interest in Mary
land will push the question of the taxation Of
mortgages before the next Legislature.
Governor jackson requests that his Inaugural
ton take place without any ostentation, and in
Difference to his wishes there will be no military
display on that occasion.
Allen Clark, son of Capt. ]. Fl. Clark, of
Pocomoke City, Worcester county, committed sui
eide few days ago by jumping into we'll. The
young man was deranged.
-Mr. William Gibson, an aged and weI-to-do
W
was married few days ago to Mrs. Margaret A.
Herman, widow, of Beair.
The Frederick Citizen says: "The Democratic
leaders of Maryland have promised that there
shall be good registration laws framed for the
people. We trust this pledge will be carried out"
Here too.
The Emmitsburg Chronicle says: "Mr. Jos.
]. Krietz shot wild cat on the mountain near
Mt. St. Mary's College, Monday afternoon,
which measured feet IL inches in length, and
weighed IL lbs"
The Brotherhood of Liberty, of Baltimore, q
colored organization, has offered reward of $500
for the arrest and conviction of any of the parties
implicated in the lynching of John II. Bigusc -
Frederick city, several weeks ago.
The Annapolis AdUertiser says CAS- the time
for the as. embling of the Legislature draws near,
restaurants and drinking saloons are being reft-
ted IN many quarters of our city, preparatory
the meeting of that august body"
Mr.. Charles Z. Castle, young farmer residing
near Jefferson, Frederick county, without any help
whatever, husked, hauled in and uuIoaded 100
barrels of corn in twenty-one days this fall and
all the heavy work was done by daylight.
"A woman named Barnhart, living in Wash
ington county, left her infant lying in the cradle
while she went out to neighbours. During her
absence the cradle took fire from the stove and
the child was so badly burned that it lived only q
| few hours.
The superintendent of McMurray's canning
factory at Frederick now has large force engaged
turning out about $50 900 cans per week, which
will continue until the Middle of next August
when the aggregate will reach between five and six
million cans, all of which will be required for next
seasons use.
The Laurel Free Quill says: "Mrs. Senator
German was out last week to visit the farm, the
| country home-Fairmont. Not many Senator's
wives look after the material interests of affairs
with such keen supervision as does Mrs. German,
and more to her credit, her daughters are being
| educated to the same applied usefulness"
Mr.. Louis McMurray has decided to secure
more acreage for the raising of sugar in Fred
erick county, and with that idea in view desires
| farmers to grow $500 of corn next year.
When the required number of acres is secured the
total, with the farms of 1000 acres owned by Mr..
McMurray, will make $500 acres of ground sown
| in sugar corn.
| Salisbury, since its disastrous fire of over a
year ago, has been making rapid strides as busy
and progressive town. 1t now has the electric
light in twenty stores, two hotels, four churches
| and twenty private houses, and one hundred
electric lights the streets. The new stores
compare favoraby with many of the best stores
in the larger cities.
Referring to the vexed question of the ChesA-
| peake Ohio Canal the Hagerstown Mail says
! "The great need of the canal is frst-rate bust
ness management-an absolute severance Of it
from partisan politics and from political chief.
loan of 100000 could be infallibly met and the
depressing fear of sale or conversion of it to
railroad purposes altogether dispelled."